Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. major
(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) U.Guzmán (2003)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Leonardo Ulises Guzmán Cruz |
🌵 Basionym | Opuntia echinocarpa var. major (1856) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | George EngelmannJohn Milton Bigelow |
Latin mājor ‘greater’. For the “taller” (Engelmann and Bigelow: “elatior”) growth habit compared to Opuntia echinocarpa var. echinocarpa (= Cylindropuntia echinocarpa); it was originally described as Opuntia echinocarpa var. major.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. major. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-acanthocarpa-subsp-major